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IVP began right before World War II as a small service branch of the InterVarsity Christian Fellowship campus ministry. Today, after years of development and growth, we have nearly one hundred staff based in our office in Westmont, Illinois. Times have changed in those seventy-five years, but nothing has changed about how IVP books have spoken timeless truth across many generations. Learn more about IVP's legacy and seventy-five-year history.
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paperbackMapping Church Missions
A Compass for Ministry Strategy
by Sharon R. Hoover
Foreword by Paul BorthwickThe terrain of church missions is often bewildering.Should we prioritize evangelism or works of service? Local ministries or overseas missions? What's more important: giving our money or giving our time? Crisis relief or buildingsustainable, long-term ministries? And what about the often debated pros and cons of short-term missions trips?In Mapping Church Missions, Sharon ...
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audiobookParenting in the Pew
Guiding Your Children into the Joy of Worship
by Robbie F. Castleman
Read by Heidi RewOver 100,000 Copies Sold!
"Daddy, I'd like you to meet my children."
That's Robbie Castleman's attitude about taking her children to church. She believes that Sunday morning isn't a success if she has only managed to keep the kids quiet. And she knows there's more to church for kids than trying out their new coloring books. ...
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paperbackCross-Cultural Servanthood
Serving the World in Christlike Humility
by Duane H Elmer
Duane Elmer asked people around the world how they felt about Western missionaries. The response? "Missionaries could be more effective if they did not think they were better than us."The last thing we want to do in cross-cultural ministry is to offend people in other cultures. Unfortunately, all too often and even though we don't mean it, our actions communicate superiority, paternalism, imperialism ...
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Doctrine, a set of shared beliefs, is the pillar that holds up our Christian faith. These foundational creeds define orthodoxy and guide us as we seek to follow God. Resources on this page engage with basic doctrines of the Christian faith as well as the beliefs that distinguish different Christian traditions.
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Richard B. Steele
Richard B. Steele is Professor of Moral and Historical Theology and Associate Dean of the School of Theology at Seattle Pacific University, Seattle, WA where he currently resides. He is the author of "Gracious Affection" and "True Virtue" According to Jonathan Edwards and John Wesley and the editor of "Heart Religion" in the Methodist Tradition and Related Movements. His articles have appeared in numerous theological magazines and reviews.
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paperbackTransforming Worship
Planning and Leading Sunday Services as If Spiritual Formation Mattered
Transforming Resources
by Rory Jon Noland
Foreword by Ruth Haley BartonSpiritual formation is the key to the survival of our faith.
There is an urgent need today for church services that are substantive and purposeful. Stigmatized by scandal, the church in North America and throughout Europe has been branded as useless and irrelevant. To stem the tide of nominal Christianity, we need to get serious about making disciples who can make other disciples.
Rory ...
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boxed itemsEncyclopedia of Ancient Christianity
Consulting Editor Thomas C. Oden, Joel C. Elowsky, and James Hoover
General Editor Angelo Di BerardinoMidwest Publishing Association Award of Excellence (Scholarly/Reference)
Readers' Choice Awards Honorable Mention
The Encyclopedia of Ancient Christianity covers eight centuries of the Christian church and comprises 3,220 entries by a team of 266 scholars from 26 countries representing a variety of Christian traditions. It ...
